It's dark, it's time to light the lights, but Hongli is sitting alone in the dark study in a daze, everything in his mind is mixed, and his mood is extremely bad, he is unwilling, how can he be willing-on the occasion of the emperor's assassination, it should have been a good time for him, the elder brother of the prison country, to take power, which is also the rule set by the ancestral system, but the ministers who are partial to the birth of a cadre do not mention this matter at all, which makes Hongli hate itchy, but helpless

Now that the holy car is safe, whether he can hold the authority for a short time Hongli actually doesn't care very much, what he cares about is the attitude of the important ministers, obviously, in a group of important ministers, he did not regard his eldest brother as the heir to the throne at all, if the holy car has three long and two short, there is no possibility at all to expect this group of important ministers to push themselves to the throne, even the old fox of Prince Yong is not reliable at all

What to do? Hongli knew what to do, but he didn't dare, at least he didn't dare when Yinzuo was still alive, but knowing that he didn't have that guts, Hongli still couldn't help but think about it, the more he thought about it, the more upset he felt, it had been sitting for a day, not to mention dinner, even lunch had never been used, and his eyes were full of frustration

"Master, Prince Yong's son is here" Just as Hongli was thinking about it, the housekeeper hurriedly walked to the door of the study and reported loudly

Hiroshi? What is he here for? Hongli was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "Please go to the hall first, and I will go after changing my clothes."

"Big brother, little brother has good news and bad news, I don't know which big brother wants to hear first?" After a period of routine greetings, Hiroshi said with a smile

"Oh?" Hongli raised his eyebrows, glanced at Hongshi suspiciously, and then laughed and said: "Brother doesn't care, just listen to it, Brother Shi has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Hongshi nodded, put away his smile and said with a serious face: "Big brother, the good news is that the second master is already returning to Beijing; It's on the way, the bad news, it's that the saint is almost dead."

Hongli was startled, and the tea bowl he was holding fell to the ground with a bang and smashed to pieces, the whole person jumped up, pointed at Hongshi, and said in a trembling voice: "What? You are talking nonsense! ”

Hongshi looked indifferent, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Big brother don't be impatient, how dare the little brother joke about such a big thing, hey, the news of the little brother is absolutely reliable, the saint has not woken up for six days, three days ago, the second elder brother has arrived in Yangzhou Palace, only stayed for half a day and hurried out of the palace, secretly marched to Beijing, and arrived in Beijing in these two days."

"No, no, the old man of Huang Amata will not have anything to do here, this, this must be a rumor!" As a son of man, when Hongli heard that something had happened to his father, his heart was unbearable, and he couldn't help but shed tears, muttering in his mouth

Hongshi waited for a while, and when Hongli's mood calmed down a little, he suddenly interjected: "Big brother, the second master is coming back"

"Carry forward the hum!" Hongli gritted his teeth as if he had suddenly woken up, snorted coldly from between his teeth and glanced at Hongshi again, his face suddenly stretched, and he suddenly laughed and said: "Thank you Brother Shi for the news, hehe, I guess the fourth uncle has some explanations, Brother Shi might as well say it directly."

Hongshi obviously didn't expect Hongli to return to normal so quickly, and was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "Big brother, my father and son also just learned the news, no, I will come to Ming big brother immediately, my father really hasn't had any explanation, everything is decided by the big brother, and my father and son are at the disposal of the big brother."

"Oh" Hongli said with a look of sudden realization: "Then please go back to Brother Shi to thank the fourth uncle for his brother's good life, my brother is not very easy to arrange, everything is left to fate, the Emperor Amagee people have their own natural appearance, I don't have to wait too much, send off"

Hongshi didn't expect Hongli to send off the guests with tea without saying anything, and his face turned red for a while, but seeing that Hongli had already gotten up, he put on a look of chasing customers, and he had no choice but to say goodbye with a smile...

"Well, what does Hongli want to do?" In the study room of King Yong's Mansion, Yun Zhen listened to Hongshi's situation report, his brows couldn't help frowning, waved his hand to let Hongshi step back, glanced at Tang Guoming who was smiling, and asked suspiciously

"It's nothing, it's just crossing the river and demolishing the bridge" Tang Guoming smiled and said: "The eldest brother has long been wary of the prince, and now the news has arrived, for the eldest brother, the prince's use value is not much, he wants to act in concealment, naturally he doesn't want the prince to intervene in it"

"Oh? What does Mr. Tang mean..."Yun Zhen thought about it, nodded thoughtfully, and glanced at Tang Guoming

"Didn't the prince see it all? Why do you need Tang to say more" Tang Guoming said lightly: "If the second elder brother is gone, then the edict of the throne will not be waste paper, and at that time, with the appeal of a group of courtiers, how can the minister of military aircraft prevent the eldest brother from ascending to the throne?" Hehe, this is the wishful thinking of the big brother"

"Bastard!" Yun Zhen scolded with a smile, and said with a deep sigh: "How will this son do it?" How should this king deal with it, and please ask Mr. to plan for this king's good life

Tang Guoming closed his eyes, and after thinking carefully, he said: "The key to the eldest brother's action is to get rid of the second elder brother, as long as the second elder brother dies, he will kill people again, then the big thing will be decided, no matter how suspicious others are, they will not be able to prevent the eldest elder brother from ascending to the throne, this is undoubted, as for the prince to take the throne, there are many things: first, the prince must take advantage of the situation, after the eldest brother removes the second elder brother, he has enough evidence to expose the fact that the eldest elder brother murdered the second elder brother, The big brother was discredited, and then, the key to the matter is on the queen mother, as long as the prince can control the queen mother, then everything is under control, as long as the queen mother's decree is a moment, the big thing will be half, as for the nine gates of the commander Yamen Jingshi Military Region as long as our people will move, the two ends will inevitably fall into chaos, take care of themselves, as soon as the prince ascends the treasure, the holy decree will come out, the world will definitely "

Tang Guoming's plan sounded simple, but there were so many tricks in it that Yun Zhen couldn't think all of them through for a while, and after being stunned for a while, he frowned and said, "If Hongli Xiao'er wants to make a black move, where will he choose to do it?" ”

Tang Guoming smiled and said: "If you look at the chance of success, it will naturally be done at the moment when the second elder brother returns to his own house, but once it is in the city, even if it can succeed, the assassin may not be able to retreat with his whole body, as long as someone misses, the eldest brother will jump into the Yellow River and can't wash it; Second, the Queen Mother is in Changchun Garden at this time, if the second elder brother comes with the edict, he will not enter the city, and he must have entered Changchun Garden directly, so that there are not many places where the eldest brother can choose to do it, if it is not bad, Qinglong Cliff is the best choice for the eldest brother."

"Blue Dragon Cliff?" Yun Zhen muttered softly a few times, and suddenly sneered and said, "Okay, then Qinglong Cliff, and ask Mr. to plan more for other things."

Qinglong Cliff, located at the junction of Beijing and Tianjin, is just a small cliff that is not famous, no more than ten zhang high, abruptly standing next to Beijing-Tianjin Avenue, originally straight Beijing-Tianjin Avenue because of the existence of this mountain cliff and turned a bend here on one side of the cliff, one side of the water, but it can also be regarded as a dangerous place since the news of the assassination of Emperor Zhuo spread, a temporary checkpoint was set up under this Qinglong Cliff to inspect the merchants, although it brought great inconvenience to the merchants, but in the face of the muzzle of the black hole, No one dared to complain about this, so they could only honestly let the soldiers inspect the goods they carried, but fortunately, although the officers and soldiers did not smile, they did not do anything to blackmail, and most of the merchants were not dissatisfied because they were delayed for some time

On May 22, the tenth year of Yuanzhuo, the Qinglong checkpoint was set up, and on May 25, the checkpoint was ordered to be revoked, but on May 26, this checkpoint was strangely restored, but the officers and soldiers of the Jingshi Military Region were no longer guarding the card, but were replaced by the officials of Shuntianfu, the procedure was still the same, and the merchants did not notice the changes, and no one would express even the slightest suspicion about it

At three o'clock in the afternoon of May 27, the tenth year of Yuanzhuo, the blue sky was cloudless, the hot sun baked the earth to a hot place, there were few pedestrians on the Beijing-Tianjin Avenue, even the most anxious merchants did not want to rush in such weather, of course, there were exceptions, a caravan composed of four or five carriages, under the banner of "Liu Ji", galloped all the way in the scorching heat, rolling towards the Qinglong Cliff

"Tingshun Tianfu is ordered to inspect the remnants of the White Lotus" A sturdy official rushed out of the temporary sentry box with a thick chain, standing in the middle of the road, blocking the way of the caravan

"Official, the little ones are the people under the Liu Ji firm, how can they be the remnants of the White Lotus, the little ones are in a hurry, if they make a mistake, then the trouble will be big" A man from the display cabinet stopped the convoy and walked forward with a smile, while identifying himself, he stuffed a large roll of banknotes into the hand of the official

Liu Ji is the property of the Liu family represented by Liu Chang'e, not to mention that Liu Chang'e's family is all high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but the relationship between the Liu family and today's saints is not something that ordinary officials dare to offend, but the official didn't take the money at all, and said with a cold face: "Check!" Suddenly, more than twenty burly men dressed in official clothes unceremoniously searched the carriages, completely as if they were doing business

"Official, why do you bother? My lord..."The shopkeeper obviously did not give up, and followed the official who was the leader and kept nagging, but it was similar to playing the piano to the cow, and the official didn't listen to it at all, just observing the various people on the carriage while walking, and suddenly, the pupils of the official suddenly contracted, and quietly made a gesture, and the officials who were originally searching immediately gathered and surrounded a carriage

"The remnants of the White Lotus are here, kill them all!" The official at the head suddenly pointed at a tall young man in the carriage and roared wildly...